Betty Parris, Abigail Williams, and Ann Putnam had illnesses that the a doctor just couldn't be explain. The girls would cry, fall down, and have fits. They first accused a slave named Tituba, said that a man came to her and told her to sign a book. Authorities believed that it was the Devil himself that told Tituba to follow his orders. In March, they accused Martha Corey, a well respected citizen of the community. In several months hundreds of people were accused and most of them were hanged. Most of the trials were short, about few hours, people knew that if they accused on others they would not get hanged. Eventually everyone was sorried to, for some it was too late.